| Official Name: | Orchard, Colorado |
| Settlement Type: | Census Designated Place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Orchard |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Morgan County |
| Government Type: | unincorporated town |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.160 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.160 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 76 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 475.0 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 39.0363°N -108.5166°W |
| Elevation M: | 1344 |
| Elevation Ft: | 4409 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code[3] |
| Postal Code: | 80649 |
| Area Code: | 970 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature[4] |
| Blank Info: | Orchard CDP |
Orchard is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Morgan, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Orchard post office has the ZIP Code 80649.[3] As of the 2020 census, the population of the Orchard CDP was 76.[2]
The Orchard post office has been in operation since 1882.[5] The community was named for a grove of cottonwood trees near the original town site.[6]
Orchard is the town that was used to film James Michener's miniseries Centennial. Most if not all of the remnants of the production sets are now gone.On August 2nd 2024 Orchard was renamed Centennial for one day in honor of the filming.
Orchard is in western Morgan County along Colorado State Highway 144, north of the South Platte River. Highway 144 leads northeast, then southeast down the South Platte valley to Fort Morgan, the Morgan county seat, and south 4miles to U.S. Route 34. The Orchard CDP has an area of 0.16sqmi, all land.[1]
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the